The visit continues in the abbey church to admire the restoration works by Giulio Romano and the tomb where Matilda was buried before the body was transferred to Rome.

Continue through the Chiostro dei Secolari and then through the evocative Barberini stairway and the vast rooms of the civic museum to reach the chapter house.

A bit of history:

Chiostro dei Secolari (cloister of the seculars)
on the ground floor it was used to welcome pilgrims and poor. The upper floor was intended for noble guests or wealthy merchants.
There are three construction phases: one before the 15th century, one attributable to 1475 and one from 1674.

Museo Civico Polironiano
The museum is accessed via a staircase in white marble, decorated with stuccoes by Giovan Battista Barberini in 1674.
Founded in 1977, it is located in the upper rooms of the monastery and is one of the major ethnographic museums in Italy.
The current exhibition was inaugurated on 2 October 2009

Sala del Capitolo (Chapter Room)
It is one of the most ancient and important places of the monastery and inside there are some tomb remains of abbots dating back to 1500.

For more info:
To learn more and for more information, see the 1^st part of the special
Polirone monastery: part 1
Polirone monastery: 3rd part